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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Antya-līlā · Chapter 14: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Feelings of Separation from Kṛṣṇa
Antya 14.118Antya 14.120

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.119

‘চটক’-গিরি-গমন-লীলা রঘুনাথদাস ।

‘গৌরাঙ্গস্তবকল্পবৃক্ষে’ করিয়াছেন প্রকাশ ॥ ১১৯ ॥

‘caṭaka’-giri-gamana-līlā raghunātha-dāsa

‘gaurāṅga-stava-kalpavṛkṣe’ kariyāchena prakāśa

Translation

In his book Gaurāṅga-stava-kalpavṛkṣa, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī has very vividly described Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastime of running toward the Caṭaka-parvata sand dune.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

A Vivid Account of the Lord’s Running

  1. 1

    Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī described this pastime in his book Gaurāṅga-stava-kalpavṛkṣa.

  2. 2

    His description concerns Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu running toward the Caṭaka-parvata sand dune.

  3. 3

    The author praises this account as very vivid.

How it feels

Intense yearning. Darśana, dreams, and visions of Vraja bring overwhelming separation.

The mood of Antya 14 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 14: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Feelings of Separation from Kṛṣṇa

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Once Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu mistook a sand dune known as Caṭaka-parvata for Govardhana Hill. As He ran toward it, He became stunned, and then the eight ecstatic transformations appeared in His body due to great love for Kṛṣṇa.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. caṭaka-girithe sand dune known as Caṭaka-parvata
  2. gamanaof going to
  3. līlāpastime
  4. raghunātha-dāsaRaghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī
  5. gaurāṅga-stava-kalpa-vṛkṣein the book known as Gaurāṅga-stava-kalpavṛkṣa
  6. kariyāchena prakāśahas described
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does a vivid description help you attend more closely to the Lord’s pastime?

Practice

Read the following verse and notice one detail that makes the scene vivid.

Live this todayA Vivid Account of the Lord’s RunningThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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